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Phascolestes
Taxonomy
Phascolestes was named by Owen (1871). Its type is Amblotherium mustelula.
It was assigned to Dryolestidae by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Kraus (1979), Prothero (1981), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Dryolestidae by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Kraus (1979), Prothero (1981), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1871 | Phascolestes Owen p. 35 |
| 1928 | Phascolestes Simpson p. 142 |
| 1929 | Phascolestes Simpson p. 47 |
| 1979 | Phascolestes Kraus p. 164 |
| 1981 | Phascolestes Prothero p. 321 |
| 1997 | Phascolestes McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Phascolestes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 387 fig. 10.8B |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available